Russia
What was the Decemberist uprising? What were its causes and effects?
A revolt of Western-oriented army officers (1825)
Promoting of conservatism by new Tsar Nicolas the first
Effects: secret police expanded and newspapers and schools brought to supervision
What were the weaknesses of the Russian economy?
economic position not a keep pace with diplomatic aspirations
fall behind in technology and trade do to industrialization
expensive imports from West such as weapons and luxury items
only agricultural based society
What caused the Crimean War? what were its major effects?
Conflict with Ottoman empire in 1853 that Russia was meant to protect Christian interests in Holy land
Why were serfs emancipated? how did their emancipation differ from the emancipation of slaves in the U.S.? What changes did it create?
What were the Zemstvoes? How successful were they?
What was the significance of the Trans-Siberian railroad?
What economic reforms were enacted by Sergei Witte
What were the signs that Russia was headed to revolution? (think about - intelligentsia, anarchists, Marxists, Bolsheviks.)
Japan: Transformation without Revolution
1. Explain major developments in Japan in the early 1800's
Fear of war and outside threats
2. What effect did the actions of Commodore Perry have on Japan? (include details on Samurai discontent)
Summary: Commodore Perry and American threatened to bombard Tokyo port insisting that America be allowed to trade
Open ports for outside regions of the West
Japan thrown under pressure of military and outside open markets
End of isolation
Internal split as both Shogunate depended on the works of isolation while the daimyos defend status quo. Samurai's look for change
3. List the actions taken by the Meiji State
Brought down troops of Shogunate by Samuri
Abolished Feudalism
Replacing of damiyos replacing them with perfect administrators
Aristocracy began to expand power to state to effect economic and social change
Social revolution abolishing samuri class
New army built on national conscription
Civil service examinations
4. Explain how Japan Industrialized - (Private and government roles)
Individual samurai (Iwasaki Yataro) set up mitsubishi company after wining governmental contracts for railroad and seem ship lines. Also extended works of ship buildings, mining and banking as well as transportation
guilds and internal road tariffs were abolished to create national market
ministry of industry 1870
Zaibatsu- industrial combines (1890's)
5. List ways that Industrialization changed Japan
More aggressive foreign policy
Population growth
New medical increasing reduced deaths
Universal education system
Copy of western fashions
Traditional values within stayed
6. What division within Japanese society were created by modernization?
What was the Decemberist uprising? What were its causes and effects?
- A revolt of Western-oriented army officers (1825)
- Promoting of conservatism by new Tsar Nicolas the first
- Effects: secret police expanded and newspapers and schools brought to supervision
What were the weaknesses of the Russian economy?What caused the Crimean War? what were its major effects?
- Conflict with Ottoman empire in 1853 that Russia was meant to protect Christian interests in Holy land
Why were serfs emancipated? how did their emancipation differ from the emancipation of slaves in the U.S.? What changes did it create?What were the Zemstvoes? How successful were they?
What was the significance of the Trans-Siberian railroad?
What economic reforms were enacted by Sergei Witte
What were the signs that Russia was headed to revolution? (think about - intelligentsia, anarchists, Marxists, Bolsheviks.)
Japan: Transformation without Revolution
1. Explain major developments in Japan in the early 1800's
Fear of war and outside threats
2. What effect did the actions of Commodore Perry have on Japan? (include details on Samurai discontent)
- Summary: Commodore Perry and American threatened to bombard Tokyo port insisting that America be allowed to trade
- Open ports for outside regions of the West
- Japan thrown under pressure of military and outside open markets
- End of isolation
- Internal split as both Shogunate depended on the works of isolation while the daimyos defend status quo. Samurai's look for change
3. List the actions taken by the Meiji State- Brought down troops of Shogunate by Samuri
- Abolished Feudalism
- Replacing of damiyos replacing them with perfect administrators
- Aristocracy began to expand power to state to effect economic and social change
- Social revolution abolishing samuri class
- New army built on national conscription
- Civil service examinations
4. Explain how Japan Industrialized - (Private and government roles)- Individual samurai (Iwasaki Yataro) set up mitsubishi company after wining governmental contracts for railroad and seem ship lines. Also extended works of ship buildings, mining and banking as well as transportation
- guilds and internal road tariffs were abolished to create national market
- ministry of industry 1870
- Zaibatsu- industrial combines (1890's)
5. List ways that Industrialization changed Japan- More aggressive foreign policy
- Population growth
- New medical increasing reduced deaths
- Universal education system
- Copy of western fashions
- Traditional values within stayed
6. What division within Japanese society were created by modernization?